After their dismal performances last season, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans are trying to rebound in 2011-2012, and they will come across each other on the field in Week 8 of the NFL season. Both teams were simply awful on defense last year, with the Texans 29th in points allowed and the Jaguars 27th. Both teams, again, are making a great deal of progress on the defensive end with the first 7 weeks of this season.

The Jaguars, though, are experiencing numerous problems on offense this year. They are dead last in the league in total yards, rushing TDs, first downs, and passing yards. The crew is also nearby last place in several other areas, notably passing TDs and points scored. Their performance thus far this season has been disappointing, understandably, and there is really no reason to anticipate them to do any better this week with the Texans.

Does the Houston defense even really need to do just about anything to stop the Jags’ offense? While the Jaguars do a very good job of failing at every offensive play, the Houstons still must stop Jones-Drew and force them into long plays on 2nd and 3rd downs. And on the offensive end, the Texans need to keep their game dynamic, throwing different types of plays at the Jags defense. Fortunately for Jacksonville, their defense is still improved enough to offer the Texans some trouble.

Both teams have had a painful early schedule so far, but do not count the Jaguars out at this time. Although the Texans are the slightly better team in this match-up, the Jags can hang around and keep games close. Jacksonville just has been completely blown away from one game so far this season – a 32-3 loss to the Jets – but have struggled to drag out more than a couple of wins. The Texans will need to turn up strong and build up a lead if they hope to keep the Jaguars out of the game completely
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The Texans are the -9 ½ point favorites with the over-under at 40 ½ points.


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